Chicago

Brass Sax, I like the reflections in the brass, they are complicated, and maybe I need to try this again.

Cozy

The reflection in the window at night show the city life and lights of the buildings across the street.

Sheep blending into the landscape

What struck me on this image, a photo I took near  Kivik on the Baltic coast, is that the sheep blend perfectly  into the landscape. There are centuries of fine tuning evolution at work, until everything is just right. Like the ultimate craftsman, never ceasing to refine his craft.

I only wish we could work with this intensity, consistency, and endurance at our craft.

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The Peacemakers - 2007-Al Gore

The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"

The Peacemakers - 2009 Barack Obama

Barack H. Obama

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".

The Peace Makers - 2011 Leymah Gbowee

Leymah Gbowee

Born: 1972

Residence at the time of the award: Liberia

Prize motivation: "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work"

Field: Women's rights, peace movement

What ever happened to hammer and nails?

This week's still life included a trip to the basement looking for something  to paint. And we found a bunch of old keys.

Beware of the idle artist, lock you basement door.

The Peace Makers

I have seen the face of evil men and people at war. But what does the face of Peace look like?


Martti Ahtisaari

The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts" 

Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".

PS: he is in prison in China serving an 11 year sentence

Time to make the Doughnuts

This is the image of my morning commute, the sky turns blue, the Swedes are waking up, and we get on our bikes to peddle to work.

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Time in a Bottle

This weeks painting theme was glass. On the right you see a reflection of the outside world, the capture of ... time in a bottle.

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Blop ... blop

A great feeling to be under water in the pool, all sounds are muffled, all things are blue, and I only hear my own bubbles floating up.

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Cracked Egg

Well, there isn't much more to say, besides, that this is a painting of a cracked egg on a black plate.


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Veggies in white and green

It was my turn to bring things to paint to our weekly painting outing. I looked for all white things. So what we have here are (from left to right): 3 Garlic, 3 Eggs, 1 Fennel, 1 Leak, and 4 Mushrums.

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A Man and his Dog

Downtown Lund on a sunny winter day.

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PS: the man and his dog is on the bottom right
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The Mysterious White House where they never invite us for dinner

We walk by this house every day, and there are always fancy dinners with people in tuxedos and evening gowns, but we are never invited.

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Could it be any more Out of the Way

This is a danish farm converted into a retreat hotel. 3 km from the Baltic Sea, secluded in the woods, excellent food and beautiful country.
http://www.drakamollan.se/

We took the bus to get there, and the bus station where we got off, was in the the middle of nowhere. We thought we landed in the set of Northern Exposure. From there we had to walk a km into the woods.

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I am going Home

I saw this yellow house on our way to the Oresund, and painted it from memory.

It gives such a feeling of going home, but of course this is not our home.

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Rapunzel!

If she hears you, Rapunzel will lower her hair down this tower.


Buildings in Lund seen from the law school.

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Vegetables documented

Onions and apples

My friend Ann calls these little still lives ... vegetables documented. While I agree, they are still useful exercises, as the musician does scales, the artist paints veggies.

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In the pool

The view when swimming in the pool.

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December 24th

Winter solstice in Lund, this is the second version. Which is more effective?

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Maybe I should not be parked here

Lund at noon on the solstice.

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Swedish flag and Domkirken

A cloudy day today,a view from Stadsparken on Domkirken.

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Bubbles

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I have been going to the pool to swimm and enjoy the scenery with all the bubbles and blues.

Still ... only 3 colors: winsor blue, winsor yelllow, and alyzarine

Coastal scene

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Did this in class with Måns Sjöberg: http://manssjoberg.blogspot.com/

Kandersteg

Kandersteg

This is from my graphite sketch of the little church in Kandersteg. I stick with my three colors, and did this very quickly in the akvarell class by Måns Sjöberg: http://manssjoberg.blogspot.com/

So many Books, so little Time, I just look at this Flower

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Nowadays I use only the tree colors: winsor blue, winsor yellow, and permanent alyzarin. Now I have a super small painting kit with only these three colors, one brush size 10, an H pencil and an eraser.

Cello player

the cellist in color

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Reclined

From the life drawing class

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Napping naked

This is from our life drawing session.

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Baaaa

A friend of a friend has sheep so she can train her sheep dog.

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My Grandmother's Sweater

Could not resists to paint the stunning colors.

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Kandersteg - alpen blick

This is a half hour up the mountain to the east from Kandersteg.

12x15" graphite on paper

Lund Cathedral - sketch

This is the sketch for the color version below.

11x15" graphite on paper

The Cellist

The Cellist. He rents a room at my Mother's house. He is only 20 years old and plays amazing.

12x15" graphite on Paper

Bar-code Woman

Mixing the man made with the nature made. Trying to make sense of it all.

11x14" watercolor on Fabriano 140 lbs. Cold Press

Oeschensee #2

Another sketch of the Oeschensee.
The lake 1 hour walk up the mountain from Kandersteg.

15 x 12 graphite on paper

Oeschensee #1

This is a beauty of a lake, nestled in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland.

Oeschensee, 12 x 14" graphite on paper

I wonder what the neighbor is wearing

This is our kitchen window, and it looks into the building across the street's window. Sometimes the neighbor is wearing ... nothing.

I am sick today, staying home from work and painting quietly my cozy surroundings.

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I can't Believe I Live Here

Our apartment is under to roof in an old (1900) building. The roof is red as can be, and there is an onion in the corner. The windows you see is our living room. To get this view I stand on our terrace and look around the corner.

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Shhhhh....

Domkirken
A very nice quite place to draw is our 1000 year old cathedral.

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Kitchen

The kitchen 

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Why is she smiling?

At Ann's house
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Life drawing session

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There is a reason I don't garden

Looks like a lot of folderol.

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The Puddle Trees

Clemens Torget, Lund
The trees are trimmed like puddles. Why?

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From Skizzen Museum

Building near Skizzen Museum in Lund

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Where are my Elbow Patches?

The Lund University library.

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